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| ==Biography==
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| [The young Scúdhainn once expressed a desire to specialize in university. Her interlocutor asked in disbelief if she wanted to be a courtesan, like female college graduates stereotypically became in Talman culture. The girl responded (approximately), "I don't know what that involves/what other girls do after they specialize, but what I want is to become a mathematician like my dad. I want to discover new math, I want to teach people about math."]
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| ==Music theory==
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| ==Mathematical output==
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| Scúdhainn contributed to algebra, number theory, and algebraic geometry.
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| =Ordinary Upper-Middle Class!Scúdhainn=
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| '''Reocht Afnín Scúdhainn''' (English: /roʊkt æf'ni:n ˈskuːðɨn/ or /... 'sku:dɨn/; born: fT 2236, died: fT 2303 (aged 67) - Modern Tíogall has been established as a major language by the time Scúdhainn was born) was a [[Tíogall]]-speaking mathematician, composer and music theorist. Among Clotricians, she is often regarded as the greatest woman composer and mathematician who ever lived.
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| ==Traits==
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| *Not the most conventionally attractive
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| Languages:
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| * [[Tíogall]] (native speaker)
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| * [[Clofabosin]] (non-native speaker)
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| * [[Koine Netagin]] (non-native speaker)
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| * [[Old Netagin]] (read)
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| ==Early life and education==
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| Scúdhainn was born in the city of Flian to a well-off background; her father, Fúnchíd Scúdhainn, was a mathematics professor in the University of Flian; her mother, Osraí Brinne, was a classical ''ŋamas'' player and teacher; her father's brother, Lothair Scúdhainn, was a lawyer.
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| A precocious tomboy, early on she was taught mathematics and ''ŋamas'' by her parents. She was sent to boarding school but she found the coursework boring and stilting. She was by and large self-taught, seeking out math and music books to read in libraries and music to listen to and analyze. She would sketch compositions in her notebooks in class, which got her in trouble a few times. She entered the University of Óc Eo at age 15, where she specialized in mathematics at age 19.
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| ==Later life==
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| ==Compositions==
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| Scúdhainn’s compositions, many of them commissioned, number about 250 works in total. Many of them were described as “conceptual” or “constrained composition” by her contemporaries. Dense counterpoint is also not uncommon. However, she also took a liking to folk-like themes.
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| (Many of her “high-level” tempo markings and staff directions are in her native Tíogall – while “low-level” ones such as dynamics markings remain in Netagin.)
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| *9 Xaetjeon Dances
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| *''Buirgeadráig'' Cantata (expresses her belief in social progress)
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| Her later, most characteristic style was based on synthesis of all of these elements.
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| *Chamber music (40)
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| *Solo pieces (32)
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| **9 Xaetjeo
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| *Vocal music
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| **''Foscúgáil'' (64)
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| **Choral music (20)
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| *Orchestral music (20)
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| *One opera
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| Her firsts as a composer:
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| *Used some rank-2 temperaments for the first time in Talmic music. (Is this realistic before precise pitch measurement/the invention of computers?)
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| As tuning theorist
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| * Wrote the treatise Linear Temperaments (Tíogall: [], literally “Vector temperaments”?), formalizing the concept of linear temperaments, as a generalization of JI and some particular examples of temperaments.-->
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| ==Personal life==
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| Scúdhainn never married a man or had children, but had several female partners throughout her life.
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| =Semi-Blue Blood!Scúdhainn=
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| '''Sabúra Afnín Ħajád Scúdhainn''' (English: /sə'bʊərə æf'ni:n haɪ'jɑ:d ˈskuːðɨn/ or /... 'sku:dɨn/) | | '''Sabúra Afnín Ħajád Scúdhainn''' (English: /sə'bʊərə æf'ni:n haɪ'jɑ:d ˈskuːðɨn/ or /... 'sku:dɨn/) |
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| | Her later, most characteristic style was based on synthesis of all of these elements. |
| | *Chamber music (40) |
| | *Solo pieces (32) |
| | *Vocal music |
| | **''Foscúgáil'' (64) |
| | **Choral music (20) |
| | *Orchestral music (20) |
| | *One opera |
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| | Her firsts as a composer: |
| | *Used some rank-2 temperaments for the first time in Talmic music. (Is this realistic before precise pitch measurement/the invention of computers?) |
| | As tuning theorist |
| | * Wrote the treatise Linear Temperaments (Tíogall: [], literally “Vector temperaments”?), formalizing the concept of linear temperaments, as a generalization of JI and some particular examples of temperaments.--> |
| ==Personal life== | | ==Personal life== |
| Scúdhainn was a lesbian and never married a man or had children. Her relationships were many but short-lived. | | Scúdhainn was a lesbian and never married a man or had children. Her relationships were many but short-lived. |
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| [[Category:Clotricin]][[Category:Historical figures]] | | [[Category:Clotricin]][[Category:Historical figures]] |